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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1945)
Oregon® Emerald LOUISE MONTAG Editor ANNAMAE WINSHIP Business Manager MARGUERITE WITTWER Managing Editor GLORIA GRENFELL Acting Advertising Manager JEANNE SIMMONDS News Editor MARILYN SAGE, WINIFRED ROMTVEDT Associate Editors BILL. WALKENSHAW Acting Sports Editor MARYAN HOWARD Assistant Managing Editor MARYANN THIELEN Assistant News Editor JANET WHELAN Executive Secretary SHIRLEY PETERS Chief Night Editor ANITA YOUNG Women’s Page Editor JACK CRAIG World News Editor BETTY BENNETT Music Editor Editorial Board Mary Margaret Ellsworth, Jack Craig, Ed Allen, Beverly Ayer Wituuntf * * * Oregon's two largest colleges will resume, next Saturday, the 'traditional civil war which has been marked by a fall term dor mancy since 1942. Webfeet will be the ‘ visiting firemen at that time, subject to the duties and privileges implied therein. We, of course, are convinced of our own supremacy—but so are the Staters of theirs. As competitors, we hope to whale the proverbial tar out of the Beavers. As guests, we have an acknow ledged obligation. Courtesy, good sportsmanship, and fair play are Boy Scout words—but worth remembering. At Corvallis, this coming weekend will be Dad’s Weekend. An informal dance in the Memorial Union has been planned for after the game—with general invitation to ASUO members. Re gardless of the results of the afternoon battle, visiting Webfoots will be under critical observation. We admire ourselves and oui school—maybe OSC can be made to concur. il exam periods by the Associated students, university u. vicbv— Entered as secdrtd-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. • • A generous sharc-the-ride movement will have to spring up at Oregon if manv \\ ebfools are.going to get over to Corvallis this Saturday to see the first Little Civil \\ ar football battle since .1942. ]localise Corvallis is off the main train route, Oregon students usuallv have a choice of going by private cars or finding bus transportation. However, unless the strike is cleared up in the Greyhound lines, there will be no bus..service to Corvallis. Ore gon Motor Stages and the Dollar Line do not have regular Cor vallis runs. Saturday's grid contest i.s the best chance the Ducks have to see their team perform' away from home, and Oregon-Oregon State games have always drawn the greatest student interest. Although there is at},Other game with the Heavers at Ilavward field later in the setison, a number of students would like to sample the t >SC hospitality. 1’robahlv there are not enough student-owned cars to assure a ride to everyone who wants.to go to the game. Its too late to or ganize a car pooling system on the campus, but there is plenty of time for those who own cars to line up tlveir quota of passengers. The number of students' who fill up the Oregon rooting section at OSC Saturday depends a great deal on the generosity of cam pus car owners. Weep. A/a Mane, My Coed. . . By The Vssoeiuted Collegiate Press 1 fere's gaaul news. College women needn’t turn grey any more at the prospect of being old maids. A survey made by the Metropolitan Life Insurance company proves that the smarter a woman becomes the more likely are her chances to make a so-called "good match." The study shows both men and women are likely to choose males with schooling similar to their own. Almost half the col lege men interviewed had married college women, and Only one in sixteen had married a woman whose education had stopped with grade school. The fair sex did even better. More than half stated that they had married college men. The survey didn't go into the details on how to catch the male. Vndoubtedlv they feel that college women know the hows and wherefores of the chase.—The DAILY ATI 1HXICM, "West Virginia University—AC 1’. Telling the Editor About Seating... Dear Editor: Since football is back on the campus this year, we feel that a certain problem involved in seat ing arrangements at games should be brought to the attention of the student body at this time. It has been the practice in the past for various organizations to send in dividuals from their group to all games early, to reserve seats for the rest of the members. At Sat urday’s game 10 rows on the 50 yard line were reserved by 1:15 for those above-mentioned organi zations. One row, thus reserved, remained vacant throughout the entire game. This system means that all who do not belong to such an organization, must take seats at the top of the stadium, or the less desirable seats further down the stadium. We submit that such a practice sractice should be eliminated* and that those who wish reserved seats, should purchase them. Our student body cards admit us to the games on equal standing, that is, every student has, theoretically at least, an opportunity to sit where be or she pleases. Last year the same situation existed, and no remedy was found. There was an editorial written on the subject, but commendable as it may have been, it had little, if any, effect. Anticipating the fallacious argu ment that every organiaztion has the same opportunity to save seats, may we state that we object to the saving of seats by any organi zation, be it Greek or Independent. We suggest that the students of the University take concerted action at the next game, and chose at random, any vacant seat that may exist at the time of arrival at the game. Independent Students’ Association About Sections . . . To the Editor: Can it be that a member of the editorial staff of the Emerald is so simple as to say that the motiva tion of a group of servicemen to perform their acts of indecent behavior was prompted by their not being placed in the stands as a unit; because they were not segregated ? That is a very poor answer to a definite problem, and the problem is much larger than expressed in the Emerald. I want to point out the reason for the failures of the present sys tem of segregation of athletic events. The women dress up to go to the games That is fine. But the men, denied the right to associate with the women, therefore not having the incentive to dress up, are rather haphazard about their appearance. That is all right, too. Anyone will tell you that the dress of an individual has a definite re sponse on his behavior. He is on his toes and acts more dignified when he is dressed up. And since the men dont’ dress up, the seating arrangement not demanding it, the natural effect is that the quality of their behavior is lower than it ordinarily would be. And their actions influenced the actions of those servicemen. When you go into a restaurant with carpets on the floor, don't you pay more attention to your manners than you do when you go into one whose floors are bare ? jSure you do. So don’t blame the servicemen. 'Blame their actions on their envi ronment at the time they made nuisances of themselves. Their en vironment was made up of you and 1, the students of the University of Oregon, who sat in two groups. Their actions were the result of a very bad arrangement that has been expressed by calling it “tra dition.” Wrap a sailor up in a silly tradition and he acts the part l “silly.” Put him in a uniform that I (Plfase turn to page eight) NoteiTjptt Record I On the Jazz Side... \ By Jim “Pops” Windus Say now, don't talk. I just saw some sailoi come in with a^ couple of tomatoes, and they look like . . . Ah, ah, Rosemary. Don’t say that. Perchance they are somebody’s mother. But that does remind me of an incident that happened to a couple of sail ors Saturday. And it was unfortunate that it happened, for it did give the navy a bad mark. But you take these young kids off the farm and put them in a uniform, and they think the world is their apple. Until they get wised up, that is. But that sailor was not the only one who gave a group a had mark. I speak of that inci dent with the over-ardent Idaho fan. Oregon has had, as have other West Coast schools, a reputation for poor sportsmanship. But with the advent of the return of sports, it was hoped by many leaders here, including one Tex Oliver, that we would see fit to remedy our man ners. The Idaho Song And up until a certain time in Saturday’s game, it seemed that We had done so. But when the rally squad had that elderly gentle man turned off the PA system, when all he intended doing was to make an appeal to our band and us to play the Idaho song, was the turning point. Perhaps the old boy was a little high, but his cause was just. And why didn’t we play the Idaho song at the half time, Mr. Stehn ? Was it too much trouble to practice it ? You know, it is customary to play it. And you, Mickey Davis. Or who ever it was that ordered the mike turned off. I -thought that the abolishment of free speech was a thing of the past. It is regretable that this hap pened, and I know that I am not alone when I say that I hope that this does not happen in the fu ture. Let’s build our traditions high, and straight. O.K., Rosemary, I’ll beat my gums for another cause; that of jazz, hey. Brighter View The jazz scene is looking bright er all over the country now that manpower and materials are being made available to the large record ing companies. Perhaps out of all the usual commercial hokem, etc., we may get a few good sides of the righteous stuff. But they will be few, believe me. I think that we will still have to look to the smaller and less well known companies for the greater supply of jazz. Small companies, and I use the word in defference to the Big Four, will continue to give the Cats aftd Jammers their kicks. Companies like Commodore, and Blue Note, who were active before the war, and those war ba bies, such as Asch, National, Key note, Black and White, Guild, Apollo, Jewel, just to mention the more prominent ones, will, I think, continue to produce. Already most of them have made plans to enlarge their set-ups, and procure their own pressing plants. But the competition will be stiff and most will probably falter. Es pecially the type that is owned, managed, office boyed, janitored and recorded by one or two per sons. So the future looks fairly bright, at least on the jazz side, if not on many other sides. Future Star And speaking of bright futures, I want to present a lad with an es pecially bright future. Some of you have probably heard of him, and some haven’t. So for those who haven't, here he is. His name is Georgie Auld, and he is the lead er of one of the finest young white bands in the country. Georgie has had a varied career in music business, having played | with Goodman, Savit, Bunny Beri (Please turn to page seven) lllllllllinilltllllinillllinilflllHMiiiiiiiiiiiimmMmiimimmiiimiMmmmimnimmmiimmR The Plot Sickens illllllltlllllllttltltl!llj!llllllllll!IIIIHIIItl!!ll!lllllltIllllllt!lllllllllilltllt!lllll!lllll[||llllllllittlllllll By BEX GUNN The subject for today is feet. Feet are composed of sinews, bones and blood . . . that is, they once were. Since the advent of cowhide, they have added bunions, corns, blisters, and barnacles. We curse the Japs for being a backward nation. Granted, but they travel backward in comfort because tHey respect feet. You will not find Japs as visitors or hosts^ forcing conversation through a maze of fatigue caused by aching feet. Their sandals lie on the front door step—right where they should be. Of course, we can overdo the thing . . . like some guys in India who walk around on spikes, but in your home or any one else’s home where the only surfaces are soft rugs, hard floors, etc., shoes are sadists. Free feet would improve inter national relations. Picture the poor diplomat stand ing in a conference room. Before him are representatives from everywhere including hunger. Their faces are what writers term —“lean jawed, lank visaged— stern.” He tires of the faces, their jaws, their legal slanguage. His eyes burn. He bows his head; he rubs his eyes and then—he sees polished leather—senseless polish in neat regimentation. He senses his own feet. They hurt. He picks up his brief case and walks out—on aching feet. Next day, headlines tell how Ambassador Soandso said Russia is full of caviar and John is full of Bull. It could all have been averted by free feet. On the domestic front, it is worse. Men get married to bundles of health and beauty only to be pushed into divorce courts by fly ing dishes, swinging mops, and verbal slaughter. Why did she get angry? No!—• that is not the reason. It’s because she spent twenty minutes trying to be stylish by ^ squeezing eight sizes of feet intqw five sizes of leather. After that, arbitration is impossible. You want a free world? All right, give it a chance! Let it stand on free feet. • CLASSIFIED ADS LOST: Friday, blackEversharp pen with name Nancy Mort. Phone 545. Reward. HUNGRY? GO IN AND HAVE SOME REAL FOOD with Vince Gassman —at— TAYLOR'S